Tea made from ground fennel seeds is believed to be good for snake bites, insect bites, upset stomach relief, food poisoning, and soothing a sore throat.

Fennel

​ (Foeniculum officinale)

​A perennial with very ﬁne hair like foliage.Left undisturbed the clumps grow to 3 and 4 feet across. Raise from seed sown as soon as ripe or in spring, in drillshalf an inch deep. Thin at first to 6 inches apart andultimately to 4 feet apart. If the foliage is needed forFennel sauce, flavourings, &c, the plants should be keptcontinually shorn by cutting out all flower stems, for once the plant has ﬂowe red the foliage turns a poor colour and usually fades, and is therefore useless for culinary purposes. It left to seed itself unrestrainedly, Fennel can become one of the most tiresome weeds,and owing to its long, tapering roots, even in the seedlingstage, is not easily hoed out.Ancient Chinese medicine found beneficial uses for fennel, from congestion to conjunctivitis, to stimulate the appetite and increase the flow of breast milk.